Saturday, January 28, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday - Week 47- Missing: one admiral and something else...

From Large Target, Josephine and the admiral's daughter find a defense contractor dead in the floor of the admiral's cottage. Jo checks around...

I made a quick circuit of the cottage looking for signs of another victim. There were no obvious signs of struggle or a search effort except in the farthest corner of the bedroom where a Mosler GSA Class 5 Security filing cabinet stood—all four drawers open and empty. I recognized it as identical to the one in my father's home office, part of his ties to the civilian portion of the intelligence community. The Navy might do things a little differently but the admiral's security clearances must be functional.

On the floor in front of the cabinet was a single sheet of paper with Top Secret printed on it in red letters two inches high with a paper clip on it. Nothing was clipped to it.


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10 comments:

  1. Intriguing detail, vivid imagery. Great writing.

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  2. Intriguing! Great description too...

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  3. Love all of the mystery in this six! Well done!

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  4. Curiouser and Curiouser. something is afoot

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  5. Wonderful passage revealing little by little what we need to know.

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  6. Thanks, Alix, Angela, Jasmine, Jessica S & Jessica J. (why do I feel like the bachelor?), Sassy & DeAnna! I'm late because it's been a busy day but now my reward is going to look at y'alls Sunday sixes!

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  7. Ooooh, the plot thickens. A missing Admiral and missing evidence. Well done, Lynne. I'm definitely intrigued. :)

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